Mitchell Haley EA via Mercedes writes:
> Back in March I heard they were paying $400 an hour.
> Was that wrong, or was that not for working on the NJ State Gov contract?
For goodness sake, COBOL is a simple programming language. My first job
out of college was with a big consulting firm in Chica
> Mitchell wrote:
> Back in March I heard they were paying $400 an hour.
> Was that wrong, or was that not for working on the NJ State Gov
> contract? Mitch.
Don't know. When the plea went out "NJ needs COBOL programmers!"
I looked long enough and deep enough to see they were asking for
voluntee
And 240Ds
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> On Jun 3, 2020, at 10:59 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Wife is a former COBOL programmer from years (40?) ago. She’s in the midst
> of a project converting systems over from COBOL environment. Lots of
> resistance from the owners (COBOL people) eve
Wife is a former COBOL programmer from years (40?) ago. She’s in the midst of a
project converting systems over from COBOL environment. Lots of resistance from
the owners (COBOL people) even though most of them are on their way out the
door for retirement.
Atomic attack? COBOL and cockroaches.
Back in March I heard they were paying $400 an hour.
Was that wrong, or was that not for working on the NJ State Gov contract?
Mitch.
On Wed, June 3, 2020 11:43 am, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote:
>> They only wanted folks who would work for free. I checked.
>>
>
> Ah, the old "You're not worth ke
> They only wanted folks who would work for free. I checked.
Ah, the old "You're not worth keeping around. Even though it turns out we need
you desperately, you're still not worth paying."
Umm, no, thanks? Maybe it's a Jersey thing. I think I'll stick with the theme
park! (Also, I never le
Really? Ugh...
I was listening to the "Retro Computing Round Table" last night. This topic
came up and they espoused that its not the systems themselves being bad that's
the problem its that the people tasked with maintaining them were laid off
years ago. Those systems have run for decades basi
> Curt wrote:
> Are you going to get a job working in COBOL for the state of
> New Jersey? ;) -Curt
They only wanted folks who would work for free. I checked.
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> Are you going to get a job working in COBOL for the state of New Jersey? ;)
Let's see, COBOL in a chemical dump, or Pascal in a theme park... Decisions,
decisions!
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On Tuesday, June 2, 2020, 11:56:42 PM EDT, Jim Cathey
wrote:
> ...with my old TI99/4A.
I bet I'm the only guy here, or nearly anywhere, who has programmed
the 9900 processor (in assembly language) _not_
I still have my Atari 1027 daisy wheel printer. Sadly the wheel has crumbled
into nothing. Theres a guy who made a 3d printer file that can create a
replacement but apparently 3d silicone prints aren't there yet with the
required resolution. I'll give it a couple more years. I vividly remember
> ...with my old TI99/4A.
I bet I'm the only guy here, or nearly anywhere, who has programmed
the 9900 processor (in assembly language) _not_ using that TI machine!
We had one of their development systems in school. I also got a year on
that 029 keypunch. I used it for FORTRAN and Pascal. Green
I remember printing my dissertation chapters on a daisy wheel printer.
Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI
On Tue, Jun 2, 2020, 4:48 PM Peter Frederick via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> I remember those days, had to decide if I wanted to buy a computer to do
> my thesis or buy a good typew
Heathkit H89 all in one, 5MHz 8080, came with GI Bill class. I don't
count the Sinclair 2000.
On Tue, Jun 2, 2020, 16:48 Peter Frederick via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> I remember those days, had to decide if I wanted to buy a computer to do
> my thesis or buy a good typewriter t
I remember those days, had to decide if I wanted to buy a computer to do my
thesis or buy a good typewriter to do it, about the same cost (or rough it and
pay a typist).
My first was an Apple II clone (Laser was the brand, I think) with two 5.25"
floppy drives. Had that for a few years and swa
Last night I spent some time on the heatwave BBS with my old TI99/4A. Its
pretty crazy connecting a 43 year old computer to a BBS that (at least
purportedly) running on a similar vintage computer. I played a couple door
games, good fun.
Today I created 6 VMs in Microsoft Azure for my students to
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